I was raised in New York City and raised in the New York City theater world. My father was a theater director and an acting teacher, and it was not uncommon for me to have long discussions about the method and what the various different processes were to finding a character and exploring character and realizing that character.

The idea of exploring character relations and their development over a decade has to be appealing for any actor who cherishes his craft.

The best thing about acting is that I get to lose myself in another character and actually get paid for it... It's a great outlet. I'm not really sure who I am - it seems I change every day.

I really don't know what I'm doing... I don't. It's terrible. I go in there and I learn how to be like the character and do the best I can, and that's all I really do.

I like to be able to play a character and act out a lot of things which I can't or don't do in my normal everyday life.

I couldn't deal with playing a character who rides motorcycles and has a leather jacket and is a tough kid, y'know?

I'm at the mercy of whatever character comes into my head.

Oftentimes, in fact I think this is to my fault, I look at usually scripts as a whole. I should probably pay more attention to the character that I'm going to play and what they do.

What Tim does is, he calls me and sends me the script. And then he sends me a drawing, an illustration of his image of me as the character. It's so great.

David was the kind of guy who was totally supportive of the actors and instructed the writing staff to trust the actor's instincts, since after all, it's the actors playing the character.

I'm trying to find a character that's my age and I can sustain week after week. I'd like to do a series.

At one time, whenever the hell it was, they wanted a character to come in and stir up the pot. They brought me in for 8-10 episodes and said we'll try it for that.

Whatever character you play, it gives you the chance to expose another side of yourself that maybe you've never felt comfortable with, or never knew about.

I don't live that much with the character. I find it hard enough having to spend so many hours with the character during the day.

You get involved with a character after spending a long time waiting, and this demands a lot of energy and concentration.